The
Technology Laboratory for Advanced Materials
and Structures (TELAMS), known since its establishment
as TELAC, (The Technology Laboratory for Advanced Composites)
has been dedicated to providing leadership in the advancement of the knowledge
and capabilities of the composites and structures community through education
of students, original research, and interaction with the community at
large.

This
leadership continues today at TELAMS, with an emphasis on composite materials,
as the research topics span a wide spectrum, from basic understanding
of composite materials to their behavior in specific structural configurations,
with the ultimate objective of gaining a sufficient understanding of the
properties of a composite laminate's basic building block, and how these
properties interact to determine properties of laminates and structures
made of composite materials.

Recently,
the focus of the laboratory has broadened into other areas, and thus its
renaming. These areas include multi-scale modeling and simulation of the
mechanics of advanced materials used in the aerospace industry with emphasis
on understanding the influence of micro-structural features of deformation
and failure in their effective engineering response, computational modeling
in solid mechanics, and design, fabrication, and testing of micro-electromechanical
systems (MEMS), along with their associated materials and processes.

In
the coming weeks we will be adding information to this site (including
a new logo) to describe in more detail TELAMS research, facilities, related
courses and, most importantly, the students, post-doctoral associates,
staff, and faculty whose collaboration make this a great lab.